Read Chapter 6 section 3 and answer teh questions provided in the reading guide. Due tomorrow Wednesday 4-14-10: How did the railroads play a role in American Industrialization?
-Image question
-Notes: The Railroads
Tuesday 4-13-10: How did the Industrial Era in the U.S. relate to immigration and urbanization at the turn of the century?
-Pass back Immigration and Urbanization Quiz from Before break
-Discuss Pinwheel Activity from yesterday
-Notes: Industrialization- Get from someone in class!
Homework: Read pp.236-240 Reading quiz tomorrow
Monday 4-12-10: How does Industrialization work?
-Welcome Back
-Current Events
-Mr. Fortmann's pinwheel activity!!!
Friday 3-26-10: How did politics of the Gilded Age Work
-Reading Quiz: 7.3
PPT: The Political Machine:
Homework If Absent complete the questions on the political cartoons Slideshow above and write the paragraph at the end of the show. Thursday 3-25-10: "How the other half lives?"
-Read excerpt from "How the other Half Lives" and discuss
-Photo show of How the other Half Lives
-Urbanization PPT
-Homework: Read chapter 7 section 3 in book 267-271 reading quiz
Wednesday 3-24-10: How did life in cities change as America Urbanized
-Review Tuesday's Material
-Discussion: Who would want to live in a city and Why?
-6 Problems of Urbanization assignment Due Tomorrow
Tuesday 3-23-10: How did Americans react to new immigrants?
-Check homework and discuss it
-Notes: Reactions to new Immigrants
Monday 3-22-10: How did Americans react to new immigrants?
-Activity: Socioeconomics of Immigrants
-Assignment: read 254-259 in new blue book and answer reading guide questions DUE TUESDAY!
Friday 3-19-10: Who's Coming to America...and why?
-News
-Where are we from Activity
-Partner work. Document packet on why immigrants came to America
-Discuss
3-15-10/ 3-18-10 Movie- Far and Away
Wednesday: 3-10-10: Quiz Day
Tuesday: 3-9-10: Review Game
Review Game
Monday 3-8-10: Study Guide:
-News
-Wrap up Cowboys in America and the end of the open range
-Study Guide: Quiz on Wednesday
Friday 3-5-10: What is the truth of the American Cowboy?
-Hand in Great Plains Webs and discuss
-News
-Brainstorm: What do we know about the American Cowboy?
-Watch: The Great Train Robbery 1903
-Read 388-391 about the Myth and Truth about the American Cowboy?
-Discuss our perceptions with the reality of the American Cowboy.
Thursday 3-4-10: How did white settlement change the Great Plains from the American Frontier to America's Breadbasket?
-Great Plains Web Assignment Due Friday
-Work Day
Wednesday 3-3-10: How were whites able to settle the Great Plains?
-Great Plains game
-Assignment:
Tuesday 3-2-10: How did The U.S. Government try to Americanize the Plains Indians?
-Discussion of Movie
-Notes: Dawes Act
-Homework: Read 214-218 in Your textbook. Reading quiz tomorrow on material
2/24-3/1 Movie: Dances With Wolves
Tuesday 2-23-10: How were the Plains Indians defeated?
-Read Wounded Knee Article and Answer questions
-Discussion of Wounded Knee
Monday 2-22-10: How were the Plains Indians defeated?:
-Current Events:
-Slideshow:
Thursday 2-18-10: How was the way of life of the Plains Indians destroyed:
-Discuss Question: What is the best way to get rid of the Plains Indians
-Read Red Book p. 381-384
-Notes: The Destruction of the Buffalo/reservation system
Tuesday 2-16-10: What are the geographic features of the Great Plains?
-Introduce Great Plains unit
-Map The Great Plains- See me for map Due Tomorrow!
Friday 2-12-10: Quiz Reconstruction
You have until 2-19-10 to make up quiz.
See Mr. F. for makeup time
Thursday 2-11-10: Early Release day
Review for quiz
Study Tonight!
Wednesday 2-10-10: Review Day:
-Reconstruction Study Guide :
-
Tuesday 2-9-10: What is the legacy of Reconstruction?
-Slideshow Segregation in the South
-Point/Counterpoint on Reconstruction: Read opposing viewpoints and decide which you agree with more. Write a persuasive paragraph with 3 pieces of support either from the articles or from what was learned in class to support your viewpoint.
DUE TOMORROW!!!
Monday 2-8-10: How did Reconstruction in the South End?
-Current Events
-Discuss Lynching Homework Handout and Collect
-Notes: The end of Reconstruction
Thursday 2-4-10: How did the South change socially during Reconstruction:
-Video: Legacy of Hate
-Assignment: Read Article Brotherhood of Bigots and answer accompanying questions Due: Tomorrow
Wednesday 2-3-10: What Myths surrounded Reconstruction in the south:
-Read Your Book pp184-187
-Get Notes that were taken in class
Tuesday 2-2-10: Happy groundhog Day! How did the south react economically after the Civil War.
-Review Reconstruction Amendments
- Take Alabama Literacy test and Discuss
- Read Acutal sharecropping contract and discussion of Sharecropping cycle of poverty.
Monday 2-1-10: How did the Reconstruction Amendments improve the lives of African Americans after the Civil War?
-Current Events
-Check Reconstruction Amendments chart
-Go over how each Amendment was undermined by the the South
Thursday 1-28-10""What were the political effects of Reconstruction after the Civil War"
-10 minutes to finish homework
-Notes Reconstruction and the politics of it
Wednesday 1-27-10:"What were the political effects of Reconstruction after the Civil War"
-Review
-Brief notes on Reconstruction (See Mr. Fortmann for a copy)
-Assignment: Reconstruction and its Effects (blue book) Due Thursday!
Wednesday 5-12-10/Friday 5-14-10: Project Workdays We Will be meeting in the Library
Workday(s) in Library!
PROJECTS DUE MONDAY May 17th!!!!
Tuesday 5-11-10: 1920's Project
-Introduce 1920's Project
-Pick Groups and Topics
Monday 5-10-10: Child Labor Laws and the Progressive Movement
-College Inventory Survey
-CNN Student News
-Discuss Child Labor Laws Worksheet
Thursday 4-15-10: How did Big Business emerge in the United States?
-Review Credit Mobilier Scandal
-Discussion Monopoly
-Assignment:
Wednesday 4-14-10: How did the railroads play a role in American Industrialization?
-Image question
-Notes: The Railroads
Tuesday 4-13-10: How did the Industrial Era in the U.S. relate to immigration and urbanization at the turn of the century?
-Pass back Immigration and Urbanization Quiz from Before break
-Discuss Pinwheel Activity from yesterday
-Notes: Industrialization- Get from someone in class!
Homework: Read pp.236-240 Reading quiz tomorrow
Monday 4-12-10: How does Industrialization work?
-Welcome Back
-Current Events
-Mr. Fortmann's pinwheel activity!!!
Friday 3-26-10: How did politics of the Gilded Age Work
-Reading Quiz: 7.3
PPT: The Political Machine:
Political Cartoons:
Homework If Absent complete the questions on the political cartoons Slideshow above and write the paragraph at the end of the show.
Thursday 3-25-10: "How the other half lives?"
-Read excerpt from "How the other Half Lives" and discuss
-Photo show of How the other Half Lives
-Urbanization PPT
-Homework: Read chapter 7 section 3 in book 267-271 reading quiz
Wednesday 3-24-10: How did life in cities change as America Urbanized
-Review Tuesday's Material
-Discussion: Who would want to live in a city and Why?
-6 Problems of Urbanization assignment Due Tomorrow
Tuesday 3-23-10: How did Americans react to new immigrants?
-Check homework and discuss it
-Notes: Reactions to new Immigrants
Monday 3-22-10: How did Americans react to new immigrants?
-Activity: Socioeconomics of Immigrants
-Assignment: read 254-259 in new blue book and answer reading guide questions DUE TUESDAY!
Friday 3-19-10: Who's Coming to America...and why?
-News
-Where are we from Activity
-Partner work. Document packet on why immigrants came to America
-Discuss
3-15-10/ 3-18-10 Movie- Far and Away
Wednesday: 3-10-10: Quiz Day
Tuesday: 3-9-10: Review Game
Review Game
Monday 3-8-10: Study Guide:
-News
-Wrap up Cowboys in America and the end of the open range
-Study Guide: Quiz on Wednesday
Friday 3-5-10: What is the truth of the American Cowboy?
-Hand in Great Plains Webs and discuss
-News
-Brainstorm: What do we know about the American Cowboy?
-Watch: The Great Train Robbery 1903
-Read 388-391 about the Myth and Truth about the American Cowboy?
-Discuss our perceptions with the reality of the American Cowboy.
Thursday 3-4-10: How did white settlement change the Great Plains from the American Frontier to America's Breadbasket?
-Great Plains Web Assignment Due Friday
-Work Day
Wednesday 3-3-10: How were whites able to settle the Great Plains?
-Great Plains game
-Assignment:
Tuesday 3-2-10: How did The U.S. Government try to Americanize the Plains Indians?
-Discussion of Movie
-Notes: Dawes Act
-Homework: Read 214-218 in Your textbook. Reading quiz tomorrow on material
2/24-3/1 Movie: Dances With Wolves
Tuesday 2-23-10: How were the Plains Indians defeated?
-Read Wounded Knee Article and Answer questions
-Discussion of Wounded Knee
Monday 2-22-10: How were the Plains Indians defeated?:
-Current Events:
-Slideshow:
Read Article and Answer questions:
Thursday 2-18-10: How was the way of life of the Plains Indians destroyed:
-Discuss Question: What is the best way to get rid of the Plains Indians
-Read Red Book p. 381-384
-Notes: The Destruction of the Buffalo/reservation system
Tuesday 2-16-10: What are the geographic features of the Great Plains?
-Introduce Great Plains unit
-Map The Great Plains- See me for map Due Tomorrow!
Friday 2-12-10: Quiz Reconstruction
You have until 2-19-10 to make up quiz.
See Mr. F. for makeup time
Thursday 2-11-10: Early Release day
Review for quiz
Study Tonight!
Wednesday 2-10-10: Review Day:
-Reconstruction Study Guide :
-
Quiz Friday
Tuesday 2-9-10: What is the legacy of Reconstruction?
-Slideshow Segregation in the South
-Point/Counterpoint on Reconstruction: Read opposing viewpoints and decide which you agree with more. Write a persuasive paragraph with 3 pieces of support either from the articles or from what was learned in class to support your viewpoint.
DUE TOMORROW!!!
Monday 2-8-10: How did Reconstruction in the South End?
-Current Events
-Discuss Lynching Homework Handout and Collect
-Notes: The end of Reconstruction
Thursday 2-4-10: How did the South change socially during Reconstruction:
-Video: Legacy of Hate
-Assignment: Read Article Brotherhood of Bigots and answer accompanying questions Due: Tomorrow
Wednesday 2-3-10: What Myths surrounded Reconstruction in the south:
-Read Your Book pp184-187
-Get Notes that were taken in class
Tuesday 2-2-10: Happy groundhog Day! How did the south react economically after the Civil War.
-Review Reconstruction Amendments
- Take Alabama Literacy test and Discuss
- Read Acutal sharecropping contract and discussion of Sharecropping cycle of poverty.
Monday 2-1-10: How did the Reconstruction Amendments improve the lives of African Americans after the Civil War?
-Current Events
-Check Reconstruction Amendments chart
-Go over how each Amendment was undermined by the the South
Thursday 1-28-10" "What were the political effects of Reconstruction after the Civil War"
-10 minutes to finish homework
-Notes Reconstruction and the politics of it
Wednesday 1-27-10: "What were the political effects of Reconstruction after the Civil War"
-Review
-Brief notes on Reconstruction (See Mr. Fortmann for a copy)
-Assignment: Reconstruction and its Effects (blue book) Due Thursday!
Tuesday 1-26-10:
Review Civil War
Scenario: Post War Life in the South
Explain the 3 types of issues during Reconstruction
No Homework!